Month: December 2024

Tetra Pak and Lactalis shape the future of packaging, with recycled material linked to used beverage cartons

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak and Lactalis have unveiled a carton package that uses certified recycled polymers linked to used beverage cartons, marking a first for the beverage carton industry and a significant step towards a circular economy. This material has been certified by ISCC PLUS as originating from the recycling process of used beverage cartons in Spain and is allocated to the package based on a mass balance attribution method. This means that the certified recycled polymers are made up of a mix of recycled and non-recycled, virgin fossil feedstock, ensuring the…

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NSC Partners with U.S. Small Business Administration to Promote Safety for Small Businesses

Stuart Mitchell

The National Safety Council is proud to announce a new partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration to advance safety for small businesses across the country. This new collaboration will enable both organizations to deliver tailored safety resources to small businesses, including training programs, workshops and best practice guidelines. NSC members will also benefit from exclusive access to SBA-sponsored events and training opportunities. To commemorate the strategic alliance, a signing ceremony was held yesterday with Lorraine Martin, NSC president and CEO, and Francisco Sánchez Jr., associate administrator of the SBA…

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Global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than $2 trillion over the coming decade as energy transitions advance

Stuart Mitchell

First-of-its-kind IEA analysis shows complex interplay between energy, industrial and trade policies as countries seek to secure supply chains and economic opportunities The rapid uptake of clean energy technologies offers major opportunities for countries looking to manufacture and trade them but also presents challenging decisions for governments, which face tensions and trade-offs based on the industrial and trade policies they opt to pursue, according to a new IEA report out today. Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 (ETP-2024) – the latest instalment of the IEA’s flagship technology publication – focuses on the…

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Greenhouse gas concentrations surge again to new record in 2023

Stuart Mitchell

In the course of 2023, large vegetation fire CO2 emissions and a possible reduction in carbon absorption by forests combined with stubbornly high fossil fuel CO2 emissions from human and industrial activities to drive the increase, according to the WMO’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. The globally-averaged surface concentration of CO2 reached 420.0 parts per million (ppm), methane 1 934 parts per billion and nitrous oxide 336.9 parts per billion (ppb) in 2023. These values are 151%, 265% and 125% of pre-industrial (before 1750) levels, it said. These are calculated on…

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Bevis Watts to step down during 10th year leading Triodos Bank UK

Stuart Mitchell

The CEO of Triodos Bank UK, Bevis Watts, has decided to step down from his position in 2025. In what will be his 10th year leading Triodos Bank UK and aligning with Board succession planning, Bevis has decided that it is the right time. He will continue to lead Triodos Bank UK until the half year point (end of June 2025) and a recruitment process for his successor is underway. Bevis steps down at a time when the UK senior management team and CEO team are strong, including a number…

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